​It is with pleasure that I welcome you to this Eighteenth Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Caribbean Forum of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM). You have come together in fulfillment of the mandate of the 17th Meeting of the Council of Ministers last Novem...

​It gives me much pleasure to welcome you to this Thirty-Fifth Special Meting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), which is devoted to Energy. This is indeed a special COTED as there has not been a Meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Energy Ministers for a long time ...

​It is my privilege to bring you greetings and deliver brief remarks on behalf of the CARICOM Secretariat, on the occasion of this CICAD-CARICOM Regional Meeting with Caribbean Universities on the Drug Phenomenon. The Secretariat welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with the Organization of Ameri...

​Mr. Chairman, Honourable Tillman Thomas, Prime Minister of Grenada Your Excellencies, the Presidents of Guyana and Suriname Other Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Honourable Ministers Delegates Representatives of the Media Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen I welcome the Hea...

​I am sure I speak for all my colleagues in expressing appreciation to Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, the government and people of Grenada for the warm hospitality we have received and the fine arrangements that have been made for this conference. Grenada is the spice island of the Caribbean b...

​CARICOM citizens, ladies and gentlemen, I am indeed happy to welcome all of you to our spice isle on this occasion; our 22nd inter-sessional meeting. The people of Grenada join with me in extending our characteristic spice isle hospitality that some of you have been accustomed to. We do hope ...

Salutations I congratulate the Board of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) and its General Manager, Mrs. Marlene Street-Forrest for organizing what portends to be a most exciting Conference. The timing is opportune as the Caribbean struggles for survival in a changed and most uncertain global econo...

It is an honour for me to address you on behalf of Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Secretary General (acting) of the Caribbean Community at this Regional Forum on Aid for Trade for the Caribbean. She has asked that I convey her best wishes for a stimulating and successful event. The Caribbean Commun...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) No Recovery of Haiti after a disaster of such incalculable magnitude, can take place without regard to the prevailing political and social environment. The process of Rebuilding has to commence with respect for its Laws and Constitution and...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Special Representative for Haiti, Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson has called for the international community to allow Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to rule on the disputed first round of Presidential el...